The occupation profile of the Eden workforce is heavily skewed towards operatives, managers and administrators, and other occupations. This reflects the importance of the agriculture and tourism sectors and the preponderance of SMEs and self-employment in the District. Conversely, Eden has lower proportions of professional, associate professional and technical occupations than average.
Eden's economic structure results in earnings in the District being only three-quarters of UK levels, and well below the County and regional averages. This pattern is reflected across both sexes, but the shortfall is particularly large for females, reflecting the incidence of part time employment.
